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Table 3 Reasons for non-conveyance (n = 14,874)

From: Changing role of EMS –analyses of non-conveyed and conveyed patients in Finland

 

n (n = 14,874)

% (100%)

Non-conveyed EMS patients were treated at scene or there was no need for conveyance.

10,713

72.0

Patients were taken to healthcare facilities in their own or relatives’ car or by taxi, for example.

3013

20.3

Patients refused conveyance.

736

5.0

Patients were handed over to the police.

306

2.1

Patients received other help, such as homecare.

106

0.7